Jerry I grew up in Metairie. A suburb of New Orleans and inside the levee system of New Orleans. My mom and dads house is below sea level. When I got out of the USAF the first thing I did was move out of that god forsaken town. I tried Atlanta for a while but missed home. I now live on the north shore about 50 miles from New Orleans.
While most would read what JD wrote and take it as a slap in the face; I have to also agree with him even though this is my home. It's one of the reasons I encouraged all my kids to leave this state and plant roots somewhere else. Only one left.
All one has to do is look at the superdome after Katrina and see what type of people live in New Orleans. As you say is about 4 states in one. You could look at a zip code map and pretty much pick out the different areas.
Lots of houses in New Orleans got raised on the government dime after Katrina. Trouble is houses that had 8 feet of water in them got raised 4 to 6 feet. Now tell me how that will help anything for the next flood. Lots of sea walls being built. I can kinda understand protection levees from the river but protection from a cat 5 storm is unrealistic. Name one other city in the U.S. that tries to protect from such a storm. I say that is what insurance is for. But then again insurance and some neighborhoods in New Orleans is a oxymoron.
We would have really shown to the world what kind of state we are if Edwards had won. LOL. But you play the hand you are dealt because this is our home.
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